The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 16, 1936, Page 3

THE WORLD WITH A FENCE A New Novel by Marian Sims SYNOPSIS: So far, Carols rela- tions with her charming employer, Blake Thornton, have been kept Jairly close to the employer-em- ployee standard, althou, were friends before Carol rnia, Blake's older and very selfish ing her husband a ——— deal. And tonight, when Blake offers to drive her home to save her a hot trolley ride. Carol asks him to have dinner in her apartment. Blake's enjoyment is obvious. Chapter 29 INTIMATE MEAL [piss had found two glasses. ~" “Say when.” “When.” Carol took off her apron. “I'm all through. Let’s take that out and enjoy it.” They sat on the couch and drank, “and the electric fan whirred busily to meet an echoing breeze that drifted through the windows. Blake said lazily: “Now that I’m not even pretending to work, I guess I ought to put on my coat.” “Why?” She rested her head against the couch and closed her eyes. “Search me. Because it’s the cor- rect gesture, I suppose.” “I hate gestures, because they’re nothing but—well—gestures.” “J like some of ’em,” he insisted. “They do oil the machinery. I have anjidea we're sloughing them too fa&t} the effect’s disintegrating. “Maybe it’s the disintegration that's making us slough them.” He shrugged. “That’s a regular hen-or-egg argument, and it’s too hot to think about it.” He got up and went to the bookshelves. “Mind if I look?” “Of course not. Why should 1?” “I don’t know. Looking at people’s books is sort of like looking at their minds—unless the people are like some of my friends who cleaned out the parental shelves when they mar- ried, just to decorate the living- room. Say this is lovely!” He had set down his glass and taken out the copy of “South Wind.” “I haven’t seen this edition.” The book brought Denis Ford sharply back. “For Carol,” he had written, “who deserves the world with a fence.” Well, she hadn’t found it, and never would: this friendly hour with Blake was as close to ‘t as she was likely to come. She could rest with Blake because they were united in their aloneness. “It is lovely, isn’t it?” she said. He turned and looked at her, one eyebrow lifted, smiling quizzically. “You mustn’t blame that on the book,” he said. She stared at him in astonishment and then laughed. “It’s all right to read my books, but I’ll be hanged if I want you reading my mind.” She got ub abruptly. “I'm going to set out the lunch, as our cook says.” To save space she served the plates in the kitchen, and Blake car- ried them in. “I never saw such a girl,” he pro- tested. “Where the devil did you learn to cook?” “1 can’t~much, I’m an exponent of Milly’s theory. She says if you ean broil steak and make cream Sauce you can always get by.” “It sounds logical. Some night I'll bring a steak over, and see how well you do that.” E ate ravenously, hardly stop- ping to talk, When they had cleared the table to makeroom for the Camembert and liqueurs he gave a sigh of pleasure. The peace in his soui had deepened with the ap- Peasement of an unaccustomed Physical hunger. “Tell me about your family,” he Regged. “I have an idea they’re a Swell lot.” “They ate.” She told him eagerly: of Pat’s talents and wit; of Jill’s Serenity and beauty; of Milly’s Sweetness and courage. And finally of Zvan, who had been everything. Blake’s eyes were thoughtful. “1 can’t imagine anything better than a family like that. 1 was an only child, and my parents are dead.” He added abruptly: “1 wish some of your family would come to visit you, so I could meet ’em.” “They probably will, when it’s cooler. { wouldn’t wish an apartment on them in this heat.” The thought occurred to both of them that he could hardly make the acquaintance of her family if the family did come. You couldn't ex- Plain this sort of friendship, nor could ‘you explain away Irma. And in the fall, they were thinking, Irma would be back—to replenish her wardrobe for Florida. . .. She pushed uer chair back. “Let’s get this table out of the way; I don’t like to sit and view the remains.” He stood up, “I’m washing the dishes.” “The devil you are.” He led her to the couch and pushed her down, his hands strong and not too gentle on her shoulders. “Sit down, darn you!” — In the end they compromised, and | she washed them while he dried them and put them away. Then they came back and sat down and had an- | other liqueur. “Read the paper a while,” Carol ordered. “There’s a letter here from Jill and I want to see what's in it.” “Why on earth didn’t you say so? The dinner could surely have waited that long.” “It didn’t matter.” 5 She wondered afterwards, if she could have been psychic about the letter. If she could have postponed it deliberately, in order to hold as long | as possible an hour of contentment. | Jill detailed the family news first, | conscientiously. And finally: “I don’t suppose, | after our talk Christmas, that you’ll| be surprised at this. Don and | are; going to be married. Not till gpring, but I wanted you to know it as soon | as I'd made up my mind... .” HE dropped the letter and stared , straight in front of her. Don and | Jill. Jill, who was nothing but a| baby, was going to marry Don. A Don who, just a year ago, had been shaken and desolate because he couldn’t marry her! | Blake abandoned the pretense of | reading. “What is it, Carol?” There was concern in his quiet voice. | “Jill’s going to be married. . . She tried to laugh, but the laugh} caught in her throat. “I knew it was coming, but I hoped it wouldn't hap- | pen quite yet.” | “Why?” He was looking steadily | at her, wondering, perhaps, why she didn’t react as most women did to} the news of an imminent wedding. | “Because she.seems such a child. Of course she’s twenty-two. : Blake, she remembered suddenly, had been twenty-two when he mar- ried Irma. He said expressionlessly: “‘That’s pretty young; but not too young, I guess—for a girl... .” “She isn’t really too young,” Carol admitted honestly. “And she always knows exactly what she wants and goes after it. She'll be happy, I think.” “Then it sounds like good news to | me.” “It is—for Jill.” She met his look and confessed: “My regret’s entire- ly selfish. As long as she and Pat were at home my absence didn't make such a gap. Now Milly will be . more alone.” His mouth twisted. “You've got a conscience, like I have—God help us both!” He laid his hand on hers and she noticed for the first time how good his hands were: thin and straight, with broad palms and long sensitive fingers. She turned her own hand and gripped his. “Well, He probably won't, We'll | have to help ourselves—if we can.” He stood up and pulled her to her feet. “Come on and let’s drive aj while; it'll cool us off. Don’t bother with a hat.” He shrugged into-his coat and went to open the door for her. She found the key and handed it to him. “Put this in your pocket. I don’t want to carry a bag.” He took the key and. followed her with unsmiling eyes as she stepped past him into the hall. The thought pricked his mind that she ought not to be leading this lone wolf existente; she ought to be the one who was marrying and not her | kid sister. And in the same instant he knew that he had no business being so glad she wasn’t. They drove for an hour, and let the warm wind brush their faces and rumple their hair. When they had stopped again at the Sherwood she made herself look at him and smile. He sat still, his face a blar in the dark. ¥ “Don’t bother to come‘in with me, It’s been nicer than I can tell you.” He stirred. “It’s been the best eve- ning I’ve ever had,” he said soberly, and gathered himself together. “Oh, here’s your key....” He held it out carefully, and she j took it without touching his fingers. The car moved reluctantly away in the night. “And that,” she said finally, under her breath, “will have to be all of that.” But the next morning, when Blake said in his usual pleasant voice; “There's a new men's tailoring shop opening next month—very swank. They want an announcement,” she | SENATORS WON TWO GAMES| jone season and are jof the seventh inning on account ‘Red Sox, 13 to 2." Allen and Hilde-}| brand held the Sox to but four,and Dickey, no one can stop us, that Joe made the Yankees. {and the pitching I will get from! only did he come through but he National | Ruffing, Pierson, Hadley and the, took the pressure off Lou Gehrig. | old stand-by Pat Malone ready for; relief, I do not see how we can} THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPORTS BY JOVE ‘YANKS CONTINUE TO SHOW BATTING POWER OF TEAM FROM BROWNS; TIGERS DE- FEAT PHILADELPHIA ATH- LETICS (Special to The Citizen) ~ NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—The New York Yankees, who are fast approaching the 100 mark in games won and who have set a world’s record for home runs in} still going; strong, continue to live up to the! titles of “homicide squad” and “murderous row.” In their game yesterday after- noon with the second-place Chi- cago Wh.te Sox, the Yanks belted the ball for 14 cafe blows and scored six rung to the opposition’s lone tally. Pearson and Broaca! held the Sox to just six hits. The} losers committed three errors. The; Yanks have how won 96 games. | The Washington Senators gait ed a game and a half on the White Sox by virtue of their double win over the Browns and the Sox’s sin-' gle defeat. Scores of the twini victory were 13 to 7 and 6 to 1. The nightcap was called at the end of darkness. The Senators are now only two games away from the second rung of the American League ladder, Detroit Tigers, with Schoolboy Rowe in the vox, defeated the Athletics, 8 to 5. Both teams se- cured the same number of hits— 11. The Philadelphia team mis- cued four times, Cleveland Indians went to vic- tory over the gold-plated Boston safeties, Al! games in the League were postponed count of rain or cold. The summaries: AMERICAN LEAGUE irst Game on ac- At St. Lou ) Washington St. Louis Batteries: Whitehill, {and Hogan; Hogsett, Thomas, Lieb- 13 19 0 7 8 RH. E.! FOLLOWING __.. HHROUGH The experts in Key West are about evenly divided between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, as pertains to the World tSeries* outcome. Now, Luis and Tomas Machin, the famous twins, are rabid Giant fans, as axe Manuel Varela, Sr., Ramon Pegéz, F. Camus, A. Smith, | Bombaliere Saunders, Sammy Gib- son and Léon Curry. Supporting. the Yanks Bobby Shultz, Dewey Riggs, Pil- lo Romaguera, Philip Markovitz, Tunkey Roberts and Slacey Saw- yer. | are:; i The Yanks’ probable line-up; will be: | Crosetti,¢ss; Rolfe, 2b; DiMaggio, cf; Gehrig, 1b; Selkirk, ‘rf; Powell, ef; Lazzarri,, 2b; Dickey, i@; Ruffin; Gomez, p. For thef Giants, it will somethihg ike this: Moore, Bartell, si | Ott, rfz5 Terry, 1 Ripple, Jackson, Manevso, c; Whitehead, 2b; , Hubbell, p. There you have, dear fans, both clubs as they probably will appear in the annual baseball classics. ! read | The managers have the follow- | ing to say about their ball club: | “Marse” Joe McCarthy—“With' the hitting of Gehrig, DiMaggio; lose. Then the infield, Gehrig, Lazzarri, Rolfe or Salvtgaster and Crosetti, well it can be done, and in the outfield, Powell, Selkirk, _ DiMaggio, Hoag and Johnson, we} 3ihave a great fielding and hitting. Deshong| outer garden.” “Memphis Bill” Terry—They hardt, Jakugki and Hemsley. Second Game At St. Louis Washington }St. Lod’s ae z (Called at end of seventh inning on account of darkness) oe . E. 1 1 | Hogan; Caldwell and Hemsley. At Chicago |New York .... Chicago S168 Sewell. At Detroit Philadelphia Detroit ~ 811 :0 | Batteries: Lisenbee, Ross and Hayes; Rowe and Reiber, At Cleveland Boston =:. Cleveland 13 15 Batteries: Poindexter, Henry, | Bowers and Berg; Allen, Hilde- brand and George. NATIONAL LEAGUE All games postponed on account of cold and rain. R. H. E. 511i 4 R. H. E. 24:2 knew she had been a conceited, ro- mantic fool. There was no trace of self-consciousness: in his voice or his manner, (Copyright, 1986, by Marian Sims) Irma’s return, tomorrow, places Bia in the familiar straight- Jacket. Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Exfective December 22nd, 1935. S. S. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa oa Sundays and Wednesdays at 2:30 P. M. arriving Key West 7 A. M. Mondays and Thursdays. Leaves Key West Mondays and Thursdays 8:30 A. M. for Havana. Leaves Key West Tuesdays and Fridays § P, M. for Port Tampa, Fla. For further information and rates call Phone 14. J. H. COSTAR, Agent. SERVICE Key West : NOW MAKING TUESDAY, } { i call us the Colorless Giants but tch our smoke in the big clas- | Mancuso behind the plate is ne.of the best in the game. He "may hot be hitting .362‘like Dickey 1| but his .297 average is very good for he hits when hits mean runs. |The infield’ composed of myself, | Whitehead, Jackson and Bartell, Batteries: Newsom and Millies,| are hitting well over @the .290 mark; except myself—I am hitting .331. For substitute infielders, I R. H. E,| have Koenig, Leslie, who are very 7 14 1)g00d for this short series. Ott, } Ripple and Moore in the outfield Batteries: Pearson, Broaca and) are hitting 829, .328 and .312, Dickey; Cain, Chelini, Dietrich and j "spectively. So, fans, you see what they can do with the stick and I have for reserve outfielder, Lieber, a gr fieldcr and not hit- C10 HEALTHERS WON SE GAME FROM ADMINISTRATION <=: will have won five and anges believe im blue bleed Are WARD AND TYNES, OPPOSING PITCHERS, HURLED WHOLE GAME; SCORE OF CONTEST WAS 7 TO 6 Administration and Sanitary | Department. played a very thrill-} ing game yesterday afternoon and the deciding run did not come un- | til the ninth inning—and then with two outs. The Healthers were on top at the end of the fracas, with the score 7 to 6, Ward of the victors and M. Tynes of the vanquished pitched | the full route for their respective ; clubs. \Administration shoved over faur runs in the eighth frame to ; take thenlead, 6 to 5. However, in their half “6f-the last frame, the Sanitary boys.got-to work. C. Griffin.singled and Caraballo sac- rifieed him’ to second. F. Lopez singled over short—Griffin on third. Lopez stole second. Hop- jkins flied out to left and Griffin scored after the catch, J, Walker singled to, left and Lopez scored the winning run. Gabriel and J. Russell hit three safeties in four times at bat. Score by innings: R. H. E. Administration— : 002 000 040-6 9 3 Sanitary Department— ~ _ 102 101 002—7 9 5 Batteries: M. Tynes and Bar- roso; Ward and Gabriel. of the young fellow who may make life’ miserable for the Giants in the World Series—Joe DiMaggio. | You can tell the cockeyed world Not That will be all for today. You fans will hear from me on Septem- ber 30 at the Polo Grounds.” HEALTHERS VS. |""ygiig } Sanitary Department will play’ Coca-Cola nine this afternoon at) Bayview Park, 5 o'clock. | Batteries will be J. Walker and| VIRGO people ane very onderiy, Gabriel for the Heslthers and. . and geod magnetic Villareal and F. Villareal for the |healers. Are generous and great Soda Water boys. | match-makers. Make fee =e Should the Beverage outfit win|siciams, scholarly, can keep se they will go into a tie for first | crets, love dress and like te lend place with the ,Sanitary boys—|the fashion; affectionate, dewsted | | three. easily discouraged. natural philese- ES bara aq pices pov a where and accurate cso mangtoms | ‘Tomorrow, the Office aggrega-|=™ee! im chemistry. Have great tion will meet Coca-Cola and Fri-|¢mdurance, recover quickly trem day will play Sanitary Depart-| defeat, prone te criticize tee muck iment. —stoep it Also imitating and All games start at 5 p. m. —— Inclined to take to jbor= in ray 10™ oR At ACREED much medicine, imagmme they bewe all sorts of maladies. They will confess every foult but the ome they possess. Should merry o=e ther oss Se, == (Virgo) August 22 and Septem 667 =| JOE ALLEN Notary Public 528 THE CITIZEN OFFICE ‘LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— w. {New York 96 Chicago 78 ' Washington 77 Detroit 76 Cleveland 75 Boston - 72 {St. Louis 51 Philadelphia 49 . Pet. 48 65 68 68 68 73 90 94 524 497 -302 NATIONAL Club— New York St. Louis . Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati jpastee Brooklyn Philadelphi TODAY’S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Detroit. New York at Chicago. Boston at Cleveland. LEAGUE w. lL 85 81 80 77 71 64 60 49 56 61 63 66 71 76 81 93 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at New York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Subscribe to The Citizen—20e weekly. rer ee ! i JOHN C. PARK 828 SIMONTON ST. PLUMBING i ting much but sure hits in pinch- es. 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